The Bush administration today said it was ending funding for a gun buyback program at the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). Critics assailed the move as an attack on gun control laws.

KABA NOTE: The article notes that HUD said that authorities haven't shown much interest (only 100 of the 1,000 developments had been participating), and that nobody could guarantee that the "buy-backs" were getting criminal's guns off the streets.

Assisted by attorneys from the Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence, a Manchester couple plans to file a lawsuit today in Baltimore against a gun manufacturer, a gun dealer and other parties in connection with the fatal shooting of their 13-year-old son in August 1998.

Not restoring civil rights would leave the person as half of a state resident, said C. Paul Jones, criminal law professor at William Mitchell College of Law in St. Paul. After release from prison, an offender gets a job, rejoins a community, and should have the same rights as everyone else, he said.

"One of the things I've noticed lately is that the government, at all levels, seems to be going out of its way to do things that enrage the citizens... Is the idea to push us so hard that we'll inevitably fight back so they can use the army to "crush us?" It's a known fact that the first people to rebel will be those most likely to rebel. It's an efficient way to get those people to "reveal themselves" so they can be "taken out." --Ray Thomas

One small Utah town stands up to the bug United Nations with a message: Stay Out!

KABA NOTE: But Utah Attorney General Mark Shurtleff told the La Verkin City Council last week, "Throughout this document you are violating the First Amendment, freedom of speech, freedom of assembly and possibly the Fifth Amendment." -- So they are working on a revision that does not violate the Constitution.

"The 48-year-old Studer lives alone in a ramshackle, homemade house backed up against a rocky hillside, with dirt floors covered in carpet swatches. He has solar power, an ancient Apple computer, a telephone, and keeps a growling dog loose in the yard. He bought 40 acres in the subdivision in the early 1970s after his discharge from the Army and runs a few cows, just to keep the grass down."

And his neighbors have reported to the police that they "think he’s capable of going over the edge and hurting someone," and that "There’s a pattern of anti-social behavior" that they fear "is leading to a serious confrontation."

Mark R. Warner, the Democratic nominee for Virginia Governor, recast his campaign position on two gun-control issues yesterday: He would veto any bill to repeal the state's law limiting handgun purchases to one a month; and sign a law banning guns from Fairfax County recreation centers.

Republican gubernatorial candidate Mark Earley said Monday that he supports allowing gun owners with permits to carry concealed weapons into places that serve alcohol. As long as gun owners have the proper permit -- which entails a criminal background check and approval from a judge -- they should be able to carry concealed guns into bars and restaurants, Earley said.

Rep. Daryl Metcalfe (R-12) has gained a powerful and credible ally in his ongoing political battle to reinstate law-abiding Pennsylvanians’ constitutional rights of privacy and gun ownership by eliminating the State Police’s illegal registry of firearms.

The FBI’s audit of the Pennsylvania Instant Check System (PICS) reveals that the State Police Record of Sale Database is in violation of federal legislation and the Pennsylvania Crimes Code.

Interestingly, this article describes how a "gun criminal's" constitutional rights were violated by the manner in which police state thugs with badges conducted their search and arrest -- but still plan charges for possession of arms.

Dems try to put together a new gun strategy, but wind up in the same place — falsely demonizing gun owners.

By Michael S. Brown & Dave Kopel. Dr. Brown is an optometrist and board member of Doctors for Sensible Gun Laws. Mr. Kopel is research director at the Independence Institute.

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